Library & City demand warrant in FBI investigation
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: Library & City demand warrant in FBI investigation
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:50:07 -0500
http://www2.townonline.com/newton/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=414573&format=text
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 | TownOnline.com [Boston MA surrounds]
City demands warrant in FBI investigation
By Dan Atkinson/ Staff Writer
Law enforcement and Newton Free Library officials were embroiled in a
tense standoff for nearly 10 hours last week when the city refused to
let police and the FBI examine library computers without a warrant.
Police rushed to the main library last Wednesday after it was
determined that a terrorist threat to Brandeis University had been sent
from a computer at the library.
But requests to examine any of its computers were rebuffed by
library Director Kathy Glick-Weil and Mayor David Cohen on the grounds
that they did not have a warrant.
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